Higher education stimulating creative enterprise [PDF]
, 2011 This report summarises the research undertaken by the Business & Community School at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), analysing ways that higher ediucation (HEIs) can support, and indeed stimulate, the creative economy.
Campbell, Frances, Ely, Philip
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Estimating Distributional Impacts of an Innovation Across Sectors in an Industry: A case study of the Australian wool industry [PDF]
In this paper an approach that can be used to determine the distribution of a productivity gain on an industry is detailed. In particular, the model developed in this paper extends earlier evaluations by emphasising the crucial role of substitution ...
Collins, David J., Davidson, Brian
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Trends and Design Relating literature to industry practice [PDF]
, 2008 In a crowded market place, where technology and functionality are not enough to differentiate a product from its competitors, the product’s appearance is a major driver of consumer preference.
Eckert, Claudia +2 more
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Promoting fair globalization in textiles and clothing in a post-MFA environment [PDF]
, 2005 The working paper reports on the current trade conditions in the textile clothing industry in the post Multifibre Agreement era. Additionally, the paper advocates for a fairer globalization, promoting better work conditions, labor wages and general ...
International Labour Office
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Knitting History Through Reconstruction: The Making and Meaning of Early Modern Stockings. [PDF]
Text Hist, 2023 Hohti P.
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2D3D2D: a diagnostic approach to textile and fashion research practice [PDF]
, 2010 In the School of Art and Design, at Nottingham Trent University, a range of research methods and practices have developed through PhD and post doctoral study in relation to printed textile design and new technology.
Briggs-Goode, A +2 more
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Opportunities and challenges in agriculture and garments [PDF]
"For the past two decades, Bangladesh has enjoyed steady growth in per capita incomes enabling a significant reduction in poverty. An increase in rice productivity, achieved through a combination of improved seeds, increased fertilizer use, and public ...
Arndt, Channing +5 more
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Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Italy: Structure and Changes at National and Regional Level [PDF]
Even though the institutional framework is strongly centralised, Italy displays important territorial differences in the education system. Historically, such differences are interwoven with territorial differences both in economic and social development.
Margherita Russo, Paola Mengoli
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Profit and purpose: the case for sustainable luxury fashion [PDF]
, 2018 The development of the fashion industry into a large-scale multinational operation and the resulting potential for damage to planet and people has attracted the attention of environmental and social activists since at least the 1960s, but consumers on ...
Radclyffe-Thomas, Natascha
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The Emilian Model Revisited: Twenty Years After [PDF]
In the early 1980s Emilia-Romagna drew wide attention as a case of successful industrialisation based on small and medium-sized firms clustered in industrial districts intermingled with social cohesion and integration assured by the hegemonic role played
Alberto Rinaldi
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